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Derasha 37 on Vayikra 12:5

TT #37 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־נְקֵבָ֣ה תֵלֵ֔ד וְטָֽמְאָ֥ה שְׁבֻעַ֖יִם כְּנִדָּתָ֑הּ וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים תֵּשֵׁ֖ב עַל־דְּמֵ֥י טׇהֳרָֽהֿ׃

English: If she bears a female, she shall be impure two weeks as during her menstruation, and she shall remain in a state of blood purification for sixty-six days.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:5

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Niddah 40a.

E-Daf — Niddah 40a · Shas.org — Niddah 40a · Sefaria — Niddah 40a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 40a
תלד – לרבות טומטום ואנדרוגינוס.

English: “She bears” includes a tumtum and an androgynos.

Type of Learning

Textual comparison

What Is Learned

The word “she bears” extends the verse’s rule to a tumtum and an androgynos.

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